Proponents said the bill is needed to give registrars time to process the flood of registrations that come in before an election. Black lawmakers said the bill would make it more difficult for people to vote.

The House adjourned for the night without debating the bill. Rep. John Rogers, D-Birmingham, said that was part of a deal to stop the filibuster. Rogers said he expects the bill to be brought back up for debate soon.

Rogers said black lawmakers ultimately don't have the votes to stop the bill in the House.

“We are banking on that we can kill it in the Senate. We are just buying time,” Rogers said.

The Senate Judiciary Committee meets at 1 p.m. Bills on the agenda include enhanced penalties for possession of an illegal gambling machine.

The Senate Constitution and Elections Committee meets at 3:30 p.m. The agenda includes a bill to require party registration for primaries and a proposal to drug test legislators if there is suspicion the legislator is using controlled substances.

Quotes of the day:

"The first intent was to make sure everybody has some school choice in a failing system," Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, said of the Alabama Accountability Act.

"Sometimes you can not cure something that is rotten to the core," Sen. Hank Sanders, D-Selma, said.